Ordered January 2001 Laid down March 29, 2005 Commissioned August 4, 2008 Launched 29 September 2006 Draft 6.86 m | Cost $641 million Christened November 11, 2006 Construction started 29 March 2005 Length 127 m Beam 16 m | |
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Builders Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula | ||
USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) is the first Legend-class maritime security cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She is named for Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf, fourth Commandant of both the Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard.
Contents
- Full length feature of the uscgc bertholf
- Operational History
- National Security Cutter
- Features
- References
In 2005, construction began at Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on September 29, 2006, christened November 11, 2006, and commissioned on August 4, 2008. The cutter's home port is Alameda, California. Bertholf was the first to fire the Bofors 57 mm gun aboard a U.S. vessel on the 11th of February 2008.[1]
Full length feature of the uscgc bertholf
Operational History
On March 3, 2016, Bertholf responded to a sighting off the Pacific Coast of Panama of a semi-submersible narco-submarine, reported by a P-3 Orion. The semi-submersible surrendered to a boarding party launched from Bertholf, and four suspects were captured along with 6 tons of cocaine. The boarding party then sunk the semi-submersible. During the 2012 RIMPAC exercises Bertholf detected and tracked missile threats and also provided naval gunfire support for troops ashore during the training exercise, and demonstrated the capability of being able to move with other naval forces and being able to do other defense operations.
National Security Cutter
Bertholf is the lead ship of the National Security Cutter design and the first large ship to be built under the Coast Guard's multi-year Deepwater acquisitions project. The NSCs are to replace the fleet's aging 1960s 378-foot Hamilton-class cutters.
Features
